Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece
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Author | : Lisa Ann Raphals |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 0511863233 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780511863233 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece by : Lisa Ann Raphals
Book excerpt: "This book is an exploration of divination and prediction in Chinese and Greek antiquity, but it is also a part of two ongoing interdisciplinary and intercultural explorations that have informed my scholarly work. One is the engagement between the disciplines of philosophy and history from a perspective also informed by anthropology. The other is the comparative study of Chinese and Greek antiquity from a shifting viewpoint informed by all three disciplines"--